PEOPLE WE HEAR ABOUT

New Zealand Tablet, 24 July 1919, Page 33

PEOPLE WE HEAR ABOUT

Mgr. Ruch, Bishop of Nancy, who has been appointed Bishop of Strasbourg, served as military chaplain during - the war, and received the decoration of the Legion of Honor for his valor and devotion. M. Guiraud, in La Croix, tells us that Mgr. Ruch distinguished himself whilst at Nancy in all the ecclesiastical positions conferred upon him, and that he was remarkable not only for his vast knowledge, but also for his humility and apostolic zeal. Another prelate, Mgr. Pelt, appointed to the See of Metz, is also much loved and respected by the clergy, not only for his wisdom and his firmness, but also for his spirit of benevolence. 31. Guiraud remarks that the Catholics of Alsace-Lor-raine should led grateful to the Sovereign Pontiff for having given a Lorrainian Bishop to Lorraine and an Alsac.an Bishop to Alsace. The two Bishops, Mgr. Benzler and Mgr. Fritzen, who placed their S.ees at. the disposition of the Sovereign Pontiff, did so to prevent any difficulty between the Church and State in France, and have consequently given additional proof of their supernatural spirit and another reason for the respectful affection unanimously entertained for them by the clergy and laity. Very Rev. John .1. Hughes, C.S.P., SuperiorGeneral of the Order of Paulists in America, died a few months ago at his home in New York City. Father 1 Inches was born in New York City on December -6, I 800. After attending the public schools he went to - St. buries College, Maryland, and was graduated later from St. brands Xavier’s College, New York, in .1 b7b. lie was ordained a priest of the Pan list Community in 1884. lie founded the Monthly Calendar , and edited it for 23 years. He organised the Converts’ League, with the approbation of Archbishop Corrigan, and was a vice-president up to the time of his death. Ire was the Father Minister under the administration in Very Rev. bather Hewit, and Assistant Superior to Superiors-G Very Rev. George M. Searle and V cry Rev. George Deshon. He was elected SuperiorGeneral of the Paulists on July 29, 1919. Among his duties in this office was the charge of the Paulist, institutions in New York, San Francisco,. Chicago, Winchester (Texas'), Austin (Texas), and the St. Thomas Novitiate in Washington. - - ■ Dr. Charles W. MacCarthy, one of the best-known and most picturesque personalities in New South Wales, died on Saturday morning, June 14, in his 70tlx year, after an illness extending over two weeks. An Irishman by birth, Dr. MacCarthy studied medicine and' surgery at the leading universities of the world, including Dublin and Brussels. He came to Australia when a young man, and during the greater part of his life, lived and practised in Sydney. Dr. MacCarthy was a man of extraordinary versatility, being doctor, sculptor, musician, painter, and composer. lie was a sculptor of undoubted eminence, and for the better part of 10 years most assiduously applied his talent to the sculpturing of his famous marble statue of Napoleon.. 1 he statue was sent to the Panama Exposition,- and critics del a red it to be one of the best busts ever chiselled of the French Emperor. General Pan, the head of the French Mission to Australia, declared that he would make representations to President Poincarein order that it might be*"secured for the French nation. At the time of his death Dr. MacCarthy was engaged in sculptoring La Victorienne, depicting the triumph of the Allies over the Germans. Dr. MacCarthy always manifested the keenest interest in Irish Home Rule.*